Home Sweet Home.....

Well, we finally did it. We moved into a new house. We moved in March, just now getting to add it to my blog. We love it!!!!!! PROUD NEW HOME OWNERS!!!!!!!!!

Jeremy and Cheryl

Baby Shower Success!

Some girls at work and I had a baby shower for a co-worker whose due May 18th....

It was fun!!!!!!

This is the 1st diaper cake that I've made....I think it turned out pretty cute:)

To Landon

The other day I was having a pretty emotional day. Well, while I was work, I decided to google my name, then Jeremy's name, then I googled Landon's name. I found of course the normal websites with the events that transpired on April 1, 2004, the pictures of Landon and of course the obituary, which still makes me cry. But, then I found another website that I had not seen before. There were only a few posts from people that loved Landon and one from Stephen (Jeremy's older brother, long story) though he never got to meet Landon, he was very touched and inspired by him, his talents and how many lives Landon had touched in his short life here and wrote on that site.

http://www.memorial.to/php/vmg/decor.php?V00001DA6,Landon+Velasquez

Landon:

You are so dearly missed by all of us. There is not one day that goes by that Jeremy nor I don't think about you. Although we know that you are rockin out in Heaven, that doesn't make the pain go away. Everytime we look at precious little Evan, we can't help but think about how much he favors you. I still remember the very last time we saw you. I remember how much you made us all laugh and how adorably handsome you were. You were going to be a heartbreaker that's for sure. I remember when you would play the guitar for me and tell me all about your new band that you were in and how excited you were about it. Me and Jeremy would talk about how you were going to be famous one day and that we would see you on MTV rockin that guitar. You were the next SRV! We were truly proud of you! You were an awesome kid. I am soooo very blessed and grateful that I had you in my life, for only a few years, but I will never forget you. You were an awesome brother in law and I know you would've been an awesome uncle to Evan. My only wish is that we would've had more time with you. That you would've got to meet Evan and to play in a band with Jeremy. You are terribly missed. I know that we will all get to see you again one day, but that still doesn't make the pain go away. We love you Mr. Landini:)

Oh and by the way, if I never told you thank you for all those times you came down to visit me at Circuit City with coffee in hand, from barnes......Thank you:) You brightened my days:)

I blinked...........

and 2008 was gone....... We did it, we made it through another year!!!!!!!! I know that God was with us throughout the year and completely blessed us. We owe it all to God!

The beginning of 2008 started off slow and boring......... but then things got busy. I mean, real busy.....and I don't even know why, but our life just started to take on a life of it's own.............

My interpretation of 2008:

Truly Blessed, Busy, Chaotic, Fun, Happy, Depressing, Outstanding, Amazing, Unforgettable, Stressful, Awesome, etc...

I learned new words for my vocab (eventhough I don't use them, hehehehehe)

Blamestorming: Combination of blaming and brainstorming. Used when co-workers sit around trying to figure out who is at fault for a missed deadline or botched project. “The client wasn’t happy. You know the boss will want to have a blamestorming session.”

Swipeout: When the magnetic strip on a credit card wears out due to use. “I just called my credit card company because my old card had a swipeout.”

Friendiligence: The amount of time it takes to maintain friend requests on social networks such as MySpace and Facebook. “I just don’t have time for all of this friendiligence!”

Prehab: A program to prevent young stars from behaving inappropriately. “Looks like Miley Cyrus is the only one who’s been to prehab.”

Irritainment: A celebrity spectacle that, like a car wreck, you just can’t turn away from. “Brittney Spears provided enough irritainment for 2007.”

Bromance: Combination of brother and romance used to describe a strong heterosexual relationship between to males. “Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have a great bromance.”

Earjacking: Eavesdropping on a conversation. “That guy at that table over there is earjacking us!”

and last but not least, and my favorite that I have used is: (drum roll)

Ginormous: Combination of gigantic and enormous. “That sandwich I just ate was ginormous.”

Evan turned 1!!! We had a birthday party for him at the park. Great birthday party, except for the wind and dirt blowing 5000 miles per hour......... * mental note, NO BLUE ICING AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I turned the big 3 - 0!!!!!!!! I'm hoping that my thirties will be magically and unforgettable!

Jeremy and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary!!!!!!

I got a new job!! Score!!! It's an awesome job, I no longer get belittled, cussed at and treated like the scum on the bottom of someones ostrich leather wanna be cowboy boots!

We did some traveling to Dallas and Colorado! Went to the nascar race, some concerts, of course to the movies, went to our share of birthday parties, weddings, wedding and baby showers.

Made some new friends and lost some friends:(

I lost 30 lbs!!!! Now my new year's resolution is to lose at least 20 more lbs and TO KEEP IT OFF!!!!!!!! (easier said than done)

Overall, 2008 was great!!!!! Here's to another blessed and amazing year....

I pray that all my friends and my family have a blessed and prosperous year in 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I learned.........

that the oil from the wallflowers (bath and body) are not poisonous.

So, I'm sitting in the computer room checking my normal websites and all of the sudden I hear Evan making this gagging noise. I look over and there is wallflower holder in one hand the oil in the other.......I pick him up and he smells like evergreen. It's all around his mouth.......so of course, I'm about to freak and I'm asking him if he drank it.....which hello, he's 19 months old, of course he's not going to tell me that he drank it. All he kept doing was making this gagging sound and this little face like he just ate something nasty. So, I'm maintaining my composure and get my phone....Thank God for Poison Control.

~ So for future reference, should anyone's child ever consume this oil (not too much though), here's what they told me to do......

It's not poisonous, it just leaves an unpleasent, burning sensation in the mouth.
1. wipe out the child's mouth.
2. give the child something cold to drink.
3. monitor the child.

That's it. So, needless to say I was very relieved.

All Aboard........

Finally, it was here. We were going to get to ride the train!!!!!!!! We made our way to the ticket counter, they had our tickets waiting for us! As we were lining up, the conductor was there greeting us as we made our way up the stairs. We found our seats and we were ready to go..

All Aboard the Polar Express!!!

As the train began to pull away from the station, you could feel the train rock back and forth. They dimmed the lights, began to read the story of the polar express and away we went to the North Pole. We got to the North pole and that's where Santa and his elves were awaiting our arrival. They climbed on the train and we sang and danced (well, the kids danced) and we ate cookies, drank hot cocoa and santa visited each child, checking to see who's been naughty or nice and of course, what they wanted for Christmas. It was so cute to see the kids and their happy little faces as they were greeted by Santa Claus. Evan was a little afraid of him at first, with his big red face and white long beard and his gruffy sounding voice. But, once he gave Evan a tiny little bell from him, he was fine.

We had a great time.. But I do highly suggest, that if anyone ride this and/or try to book your reservations for next year, do so early (like in October) and take some dramamine......that train rocks back and forth, pretty bad..................... Merry Christmas everyone!